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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1843.
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TO THE PEOPLE.
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NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.
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La&ge JStppLT OP Gottos Coming . —The easterly Winds which haTe prevailed nearly the whole of the present month haTe prevented the arrival of a lar ^ e Bnaber-of vessels from foreign ports . Amongst the TesselB now due are upwards of 80 from the coiton ports of the United States . At New ( Means , np to the 21 st of Jar nary , 33 vessels had cleared for this port , not one of which has yet arrived . Of these , -one has » cargo of 4 J 02 bales , one of 2 . 983 , two or upwards of 2 , 600 , one of npwardsof 2 , 500 , and nine others of above 2 , 000 each . The grand total of « otton now on its way from New Orleans is more &an 70 , 000 bales . At Mobile , up to the 22 ad of January . 17 7 essels had cleared for this port , none of which have arrived . The largestcargo is 2 , 306 bales ;
the total afloat , about 25 , 000 . One vessel had cleared out at Apalachicola ; another at Port Leon , a new port on ihe Mississippi . Up to the 24 th January . U Tessels had deared at Savannah for this port . The largest cargo is 2 , 410 bales ; the total of all the ships * bove 20 , 000 . At Charleston , npto January 25 th , 33 vessels had cleared for this port , none of which have arrived . The total qsantity afloat , about 20 , 000 hales ; the largest cargo , £ 300 . At New York three vessels had cleared for this port , ladsn with cotton . Two had also cleared at Texas , with cotton for this port , and which may be added to the gross amount , as cotton from that country formerly came through New Orleans . Tiins 85 vessels are known to be on their way with cotton for Liverpool . Their united cargoes cannot be much less than 140 . 000 bales . —Liverpool A Ibion ,
The Chabtjsts cf Lotus Hobtos met in their room , Park-lane , on Sunday morning , when two of the members volunteered to collect in the neighbourhood for the Defence Fund ; the proceeds of their labour amounted to 6 s . 2 | d ., with several promises of more support . They adjourned 10 Suncay morals ? , at ten o ' clock .
The Northern Star. Saturday, March 4, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 4 , 1843 .
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THE LAND ! AND ONE OF TEE MEANS TO GET IT . Oftes-toies have we told the people that they jninistered to their own destruction ; that they forged their own chains j that they made weaponB « f offence , and then placed them in the hands of iheir enemies , to be used against the "hands " who were so nnwise as to place them there . In scarcely any one instance has this fact been so
dearly developed , as in the manner that the several societies of working men have disposed of their accumulated funds . Instead of using them for their © wn advantage , they have almost invariably given ibem into the custody of a Banker , " who has allowed them some three-and-a-half per cant , interest for the use of them . ; and taken care that thai use of them has been one calculated to tell upon the parties who hare entrusted him whh then Beans .
The TroTm ™ " * - Bums which have been placed by the Working-people in the Savings' Banks fihow how little they reflect upon the consequences of their friiiTig eo easily into the schemes of the Government . The institution of those places of " deposit , " was the result of * crafty and deep design to bind the working classes np wiih the existence of thb System : * ad in too wsnj instances have they succeeded . Millions upon millions of money have the -Government been enabled to get hold of , and use io the snstainment and perpetuation of misrule , which they could rot have fingered bnt by the means the saving institutions afforded . And thus have the people been made to besom e their own
scourgers . The matter has not been mended , when they have entrusted their funds into the hands of a " Private Banker * He , too , uses it to the disadvantage of the labourer . He does not keep U in his coffers ! It is lent ont to the men of no capital , who are thus enabled to hnild factories , bring into the labourmarket more machinery , to compete with the very Ken who have subscribed the very means he is trading with , and , in the end , rednce them to the parish
hook . The race of competition becomes so keen that the men with no capital fail ; these failures cause the Banker to ** suspend payment f and when lie working people are thus turned out of employment , * nd forced npon the Innds they Jiave "been creating for times of want , they » ikd TTTETft ypsus jt . t . GDXKj and gone , too , be eaase they were so nnwise as to entrust them into the hands of those who used them 4 o the end here Indicated .
Of the horrible reality of this , many in Sheffield j * this moment know but too welL The recent Bank failure in that town has broken op many ' societies and clubs of working men , whose all" were placed in the hands of the a Bankers * ' for safe keeping The Odd-Fellows had more than £ 2 , 000 so circumstanced . They may think themselves fortunate if they realize £ 500 , or 5 s . in the pound . How different would have been the result , had the working-people generally followed The plan adopted by the ack-cinb at Lambley , in Nottinghamshire , as detailed in the following communication ! What a mnch better * bank" would * "Lasd Bak * ' have fceanforihe £ 2 , 000 of the Sheffield Odd Feiiow * , than the Bank of Pabkkb , Shoue , and Co . ib likely io prove 1
Working people are often heard to say " how are we to get the ujo > V The good folks of Lambley kave shewn them one -way how I It is an easy and a practicable one . It is worthy of all imitation . Let it be imitated J Let all the money belonging to societies of working men , now in the hanos of Bankers , either jjovermental or private , and which is daily being used against the workn > g man , be withdrawn and invested in the manner the Lambley ^ lads" have invested theirs ; and a considerable portion of lakd will be in the possession of working Bien ! Try it . It is the best Bank that money can be lodged in . It never Jails ! Here is the plan a 3 adopted by the villagers of
Lambley : — " to the editor of the kobthkrx star . ** On reading over your recent leading article on the h * d , I thought it would be well to lay before you a plan that we adopted at Xambtey Bome four years ago . There were a few diadples of the immortal William Gobbett in the sick club at the above place ; and as -we fead money in the Saving * ' Bank , we considered our Kumey -would be more secure if it M laid eut on land , and conduce much more to the advantage ol the memben . Wehad a great deal of prejudice to eontend with in relation to this proposal - „ Dot by perseverance ¦ we induced the members to . agree to lay their money
eat on land . "We bought six and a half seres , and divided it into half-rood lota , so that each member Aoald lave a portion who thonjit -well . The consequence is , we can produce by apade culture from seventeen to twenty sacki of potatoes , ten pecks to the sack , Tjpon half a rood . One half rood produced "feet ween ¦ even and eight bushels of barley . One individual set ^ x hundred early eabbages , which were very fine , some -weighing fifteen pounds ; and one portion of his land with early potatoes . These were the firstcrop ; be afterward * transplanted rsreed turnips on the Cobbett plan , as late as the last week in July ; and he realised a second crop , the turnips weighing -f rom five to seven pounds each .
•• The members of ihe sick clubs of Arnold and Woodkorough , two adjoining villages , have drawn their money from the Savings' Bank , and bought Land With it , and receive similar benefit 11 When the inhabitants saw such a large produce from poor land , there was a general anxiety manifested to become occupiers o ! land ; and a public meeting called in ibe Tillage , and a deputation of working men Appointed to Trait on the Earl Hanvers , he having land contiguous to the village . The Noble Earl referred fee deputation to his steward ; and he declined to comply with the wishes of the inhabitants of the village . However , the Rev . Mr , Hsmsted . Hector of the
¦ village , offered some twenty-five acres , at from thirty to thirty-six shillings per acre , free-from the tithes , Kates , and taxes , to be apportioned in small allotments . Bis offer ira » accepted ; but the loud Trae in 8 rub-VatHj sfcate through ihe neglect of tke preceding oecapier , who wa > a farmer , and could no longer hold it to advantage . When it na laid oat in ' small allotnents , and put into the hands of working men , who CBltfrated it by the spade , it produced such a crop tbe first year that astonish ** all the farmers in the village . The working men of Iambley have now ia their possession one hundred and eighty-eight lots , conlisting of from half a rood to half an acre each , amongst a population of eight hundred .
»* It Tronld be well it member * oi sick clubs and Bte&bers of friendly societies , who have money in Savings * Banks or any other bank , -would withdraw it , and lay it ont in land , instead of putting it in the binds of the tyrants "who oppress us ; and instead or receiving three and a half par cent for the use of their money , fl » y would receive , if it was laid ont in land , and in their own oecnpstioD , tf least , oae hundred w-cat * , , I am , Sir , yows respectfully , Jan . 21 , 18 « . Joh > $ cexato > .
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THE FRUIT OF THE SYSTEM . Misrule is a prolific source of evil . Its ramifications extend far and wide . Eevery corner ef the land exhibits the baleful effects of its influence , and every grade of society presents its supporters and Us victims . It is a poisoned fount whose serpentine strewn has conveyed unutterable mischief in every direction . Fiom the Senate the evil has descended to the Bar , from whence equity and justice have been swept sway- By it the pulpit is polluted , and the temple of the Most High converted into a den of thieves . Our merchants , our manufacturers , and
our tradesmen are corrupted thereby ; henee arises commercial competition and its ruinous train of evilB —the substitution of shadow for substance , and the keeping back of the hire of the labourer by fraud . The operatives also are vitiated by the concomitant corruptions of the system ; as witness the arrogance and pride assumed by those who are in the receipt of high wages for performing the least usefal portion of labour . The w overlooker" is generally found to be the greatest tyrant in an establishment , and he is frequently found to exercise tenfold more austerity towards the Blaves over whom
he has oontroul , . than "the master" himself would have ihe effrontery to practice . Look also at the various societies , clubs , or trades ' unions whioh have been established for the protection of the interests of the working van . These have uniformly failed of producing the results intended by the projectors and honest supporters of such societies . And why have they failed in the accomplishment of the desired end ! Not because the object was impracticable , the scheme Utopian , or
from any defect in the rules by whioh the societies * were governed ; but their utility were marred their primary design thwarted—discord engendered —and the palm ef victory given into the hands of the antagonistic party by the very men for whose benefit the struggle was commenced and prosecuted . The traitors , as the working men well know , have been amongst the foremost in their ' , own rank 8 ; they have been the loudest in their professions of sincerity and disinterestedness .
These things have caused distrust and division ) and darkened the prospects of the productive classes ; so much so , that many , very many sterling , uncompromising , and firm adherents of the cause of universal right have either east aside their armour , in despair of achieving a triumph in the present generation , or have slackened their wonted zeal . This onght not to be ; as divisions will arise , disappointments may be anticipated ; and wolves may be expected entering the fold in the garb of sheep . Against such , the good and honest ought to prepare themselves , and resolve to battle the foe whether naked or disguised—whether within or without our camp .
We do not say that well-intentioned men cannot be ! found in . the Senate House , yet we are half inclined to subscribe to the truth of the oft-repeated saying that" it is impossible for an honest man to sit in the House of Commons . " A man may be aotuated by the best of motives when first entering as a member of that assembly ; bnt such is the system that he must be more than human if he remain ? long therein uncorrupted and proof against the wiles and ensnarements of faction .
We do not affirm that the " brutal" spirit of an A singer actuates all who labour at the bar ; nevertheless , we are well convinced that the man will be despised by the mvjor part of the long-robed fraternity , who prizes justice more than filthy lucre , and who would rather plead the cause of the widow , the fatherless , and the oppressed , than subserve the purposes of the oppressor . Against such the door of preferment will be closed so long as the present system continues .
Men may be found in the priesthood who corrupt not the Word of God , who hesitate not to declare his whole counsel ; jet they are few in number . Obscure will be the location of such ; poverty wil be their lot , and poor . will be the flock they superintend . We may have a few honest men among our merchants , who would scorn to impose upon the ignorance of a purchaser ; but if such there be , ruin will inevitably overtake them—unprincipled riTals
will drive them out . of the market by one means or other , and thus verify the adage— an honest man cannot live . " Our manufacturers too well know that unless they * resort to the prevailing mode of deception , they have not the shadow of a chance to succeed in business . They mnst be adepts in fraud—they must know the utility of glue , lime and paBte , in giving substance to the cob-webs ; and they must know the intrinsic value of old rags , bags , and devil ' s-dust , or they will soon figure in the Gazette . i
Tradesmen in all the varied branches are necessitated to conform to every species of imposition in order to succeed : or they must at once abandon their profession . The shopkeeper , or distributor of the various productions of labour , must likewise follow the fashion , or " This Stock" will be •* selling off at reduced prices , " and the " Shop to Let , " in consequence of "the present occupier declining business ; " whicb ^ in plain English , meaiis , the cart can ' t bo kept on the wheels .
Now all these things are produced by one great parent evil—misgovernment ; all the ramifications centre in one focus . They emanate from the Legislature , and the onerous burden thereof falls , at last , upon the should * ra of the working classes . Each class according to its power aud influence in the State casts its burden off its back upon that of the less powerful and influential , until the whole devolves upon the sons of toil , who having no power to abrogate the iniquitous laws and customs resulting from class legislation , and which are sanctioned and fostered by the " masters of misrule , " are bowed down to the very dust , deprived of every comfort of life , and hurried into a premature grave .
We again repeat , what we have often told the people , that is , the labouring olass , that they are the soul , the very life and staff ot the nation ; in them a power , though latent , exists equal to the removal of all the complained-of corruptions . They can remove the cause , and with it the effects . And to do this they must unite every energy against the common foe , direct every effort against the enemies ' citadel , contend for the whole measure of their rights , repudiate every thing which may smack of
" bit by bit reform , " or compromise , and mind to keep a watchful eye upon the movements of itinerating , noisy , " breast-baring" and " cannon-mouth facing" would-be leaders . Prudence , caution and perseverance are the indispensible requisites in our warfare , without the possession of which we shall indubitably fail in the accomplishment oi' oar political redemption ; it , therefore , behoves us , one and all , to see that our every action quadrates with thoBe essentials .
Before concluding these remarks we would direct the attention of our readers to a case of recent occurrence whioh , we opine , furnishes a most cogent and apposite illustration of the pernicious effects produoed by the system upon the ordinary occupations of life—the deolenBion it engenders in the human mind—the anti-social and anti-christian bias it gives to the actions of man in the performance of his duties to his fellows , and the odium which the operations of the infernal machiue brings upon the character of those whom circumstances compel to follow its workings .
The oireamstance to which we allude is , as before observed , of recent date , and has been communicated to us by parties concerned therein ; and we hesitate not in giving publicity to the facts , in the hope that a recurrence of such shameful conduct will be avoided by the system-corrupted party . A female , of the name of Sarah Butleb , residing in the village of Burley , about two miles westward of this office , being far advanced in pregnancy , aud her case demanding immediate attention ,
application was made to Mr . Miles Atkinson , surgeon , of this town , who , it appears , thought his profession led him to other considerations than an attention to the pressing requirements of the afflicted , or the application of remedies adapted to their situation . The most weighty matter was , " Who pats thb Doctob" ! Yes , the PAY was the object of paramount importance . That was the only key which could open his pill-box ; the only channel through which medieine eoald flow to the relief of the afflicted .
Well , the Doctor goes in quest of the desired information , and soon ascertains that the woman is poor , as well as sick ; consequently he resolved there should be no physio if there was not a clear and palpable indication of pocketing the fat ; and , forthwith , he sent her the following laconic epistle instead ef a bottle of his restorative : — " Mrs . Sarah Butler , I have made an enquiry about your circumstances , and find you are bo poor that you are unable to pay a Surgeon , and therefore you must get the Town ' s burgeon , as 1 shall not attend you .
H . MlLlS ATKINSON , Surgeon . '' We copy the above from the original , it being now before us ; and we think such another specimen of
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depravity produoed on | che mind * of man by the prevailing system , could hot be found in the annals of the faculty . We hope , for the oredit of the profession , that it could not . We have known cases approximating to it , but not onef so perfeot in its kind . , Knowing that this land swarms with characters of the same kidney as the Levite spoken of in the proverb , and knowing also that the visits of good Samaritans to the cottage of the indigent aud the bed of sickness , are like thosejof angels , —/
•• Few and far between , " we did not expect Miles Atkinson to distribute medicine gratis , or to visit the affl . cted / or nothing ; this would have formed a new era in the history of the profession ; yet , we do think that if the polluted stream had not flowed across his path , he wonld have been rather more discreet in his oonduot towards the suffering patient . Though he might see hia own pecuniary interest involved in the " enquiry , "
and his pocket might have dictated to him the necessity of retaining his commodity on the shelf without having the pay in hand or in fair prospect ; yet , had he not been infected with the epidemic of which we have spoken , he would himself have interceded for the sufferer , and procured a substitute in the person of the " Town ' s Surgeon ; " and thus have spared the pang whioh must have torn the feelings of the poor woman on perusal of his abrupt and insulting allusion to her destitution .
We wish Miles Atkinson was a man of thought , then we might ask him to place himself , only in imagination , in the position in whioh he found this poor woman—a fellow creature—one equal with himself in the sight of God , though eunk in poverty and writhing in agony of pain , —what would he have felt , when soliciting aid , at being told of his exigences in terms tantamount to a declaration that waut of worldly store constituted & forfeiture of sympathy , if not an actual crime ! We leave the reply to himself—if he be capable of reflection ; trusting that the ooarae and insulting terms— " I SHALL NOT ATTEND YOU" will never more escape his pen or lips .
We should conclude by reiterating the words , " PhyBioian heal thyself , " did we not know the influence [ of the system we labour to destroy by the peaocful and firm establishment of the principles of justice , the fruit of which will be the antidot * to that whioh now intoxicates all ranks and professions , and which will induce them to aim at a conformity to the golden rale— " Do te unt , o othees AS TE WOULD THAT OTHERS SHOUL » DO UNTO YOU . " We are right glad to have to conclude these observations by stating that sympathy , though not
found in the bosom of Mr . Miles Atkinson , is not extinct in Burley and its vicinity . A few generoushearted individuals being aware of the situation of Mrs . Butlbr , both with respect to her ' pecuniary difficulties and her physioal wants , and being also informed of the treatment she had received from theper 8 on on whose conduct we have animadverted , immediately endeavoured to heal the wound his insult had inflicted—they not only drove that
unwelcome visitant , want , from her cupboard and supplied her with necessaries for the hour of nature ' s trial , but took espeeoial cara that a medical gentleman should be engaged who would crimson at the idea of giving utterance to tha words " I shall not attend tou . " We rejoice that such kindhearted people are in the land , and we trust that thtir example will prove to be a benefit to the pelfloving Doctor .
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TO THE PEOPLE .
Mt Friends , —The "ides of March are come , " "but they are not gone . " The " tug of war" has begun among the lawyers . Their " jawing tatkle" was set in motion this morning a little after nine o ' clock . Our " Peers" have been sworn , the Attorney-General has made his onslaught , and his " ragged regiment * ' of witnesses is now under review . Four witnesses have been examined , who all prove tbat a strike took plabe among the cotton districts last August , and that meetings were held at Hyde and other
placesat some of whioh meetings the Charter was mentioned , and at all of which meetings the people were strictly enjoined and counselled to keep the peace and to respect property . As I happened to know all thia before , and as I am given to understand that many other witnesses of exactly like character are yet to follow , I have left the case in the excellent keeping of O'Connor , Roberts , and the other counsel , together with suoh of my brother "conspirators " as may feel more personally interested than 1 do in the detail of these things , while I sit down and " report progress" to you .
I must do the Attorney-General the justice to say that he stated the case fairly and even mildly . In his detail of facts and matter relative to the " strike" movement , there was no effort to overcharge the picture ; nor any attempt to excite and work upon the prejudices of the Jury . With one exception only , so far as I know , he stated the facts just as they were . That exception , however , was a most material and important one . I am unwilling to believe that it was wilful , but must wait the result of the further proceedings and the evidence of the r « maining witnesses before I say more about it . The doctrine of the Attorney-Genera ) , that all the parties
who by resolutions , placards , and other means encouraged the people to uphold the strike , are liable for every overt act of all the parsies concerned in the strike , is a most sweeping and comprehensive one ; and he finds the necessity of applying it with very wide latitude for the sustaining of the " conspiracy" charged in the indictment . I shall have much to say to you on this speech of the Attorney * General ' s , and on the matters and things referred to in it , when the trial isouceover ; but until then I say nothing , that I may not furnish any hint of instruction to the enemy . Had every man been as careful in this respect as I have been it might have been better for the cause . But let that pass : my time will come .
It is of course impossible to form any judgment yet how the verdict may go , but I am told by the Lawyers that in any case scntcnoe will not be given now , but that we must be brought up for judgment next term , which is sometime in Mar ; so that I shall—other circumstances permitting—bavo some further opportunity of woiking with and for you before the " rest day . " As you will find elsewhere a full report of the speech and of the other proceedings up to tomorrow night—perhaps later etill—I need not occupy space with a recital of them here . I
bid you only , by the love you bear yourselves , your children , and your country—whatever bo the issue , to take care that our glorious cause receive from it an accelerated movement . This conviotion will well reconcile the minds of all the true frienda to the cup which , in the cause of liberty , may reach their lips , whatever it may be . 1 have great confidenoe that this will be so . Your energy and zeal will rise with the occasion . I was delighted with the spirit manifested by the Hull " lads" at my leaving them on Sunday . Our little " Bethel" was crammed full ; there were more than could sit down
to tea , and never did I see a better Bpirit manifes ed —a spirit that should actuate Chribtians , Chartists , and Patriots—full of kindly feeling , but of virtuous resolve and of cautious discrimination . O ! that we had but a few millions of suoh Chartista as those of Hull and North Lancashire ! Where pradenee tempera boldness , and where boldness Bustains prudence , men seldom fail . Thank God the tide of intelligence and judgment rolls on , and , as it progresses , covers the extended surface with a steady flux of the clear water of
truth , unmingled with the mud of folly- The cleansing progresses . The filth is being rapidly thrown ont , and the dregs are draining off to the cess-poola opened for them by the factions . This is good . The people will soon be free , when they become intelligent and united . They are becoming intelligent ; this induces them to oast out knavery and folly ; this will produce union ; and union will give power to overthrow corruption , and to seat firmly the fair form of freedom upon the throne of righteousness , while they receive the blessings of abundance and enjoyment under her peaceful sway .
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Go on and slack not . Speedy and triumphant shall be the success of your cool , peaceful , and wise determination , j [ Wm . Hill . Lancaster , Wednesday .
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Jakes J agger . —The note will stand for six years if it be made payable on demand ; and if , at the end of six years , the interest be paid and a receipt taken for it at the back of the note , it will stand for six ] years longer : and so on forsis years after every payment of interest . Communications to the Coal Miner ' s Executive must be addressed ] until further notice , te David Towmend , Gawthorp , Wakefitld , as D , Swallow . the secretary ; is now on a visit to the counties of , Durham and Northumberland .
Communications for Mr . Swallow must be sent to James Sinclair , No . 25 , High-bridge-street , Newcastle-uprm-Tyne . All letters must be prepaid : or they will not be taken . Aberdeen . —If Mr . Thomas Davies would write to John Smart , 154 , Gallow-gate , giving address , it would oblige . ; Wm . Emmkrson , -Arnold . —We slated the fact at the time of its occurrence : we know nothing further of the fellow , j Leicester . —The I Committee of Cooper ' s Defence Fund appeal to the public for increased subscriptions on his behalf . They are £ 24 in debt , exclusive of the expences oj the coming trial .
J . H . Parry , London , writes to say that the announcement of his lecture in the Chartist Hall , Turn at / ain-lane . in our last paper , was made without his sanction , and even without consulting him . i Wm . Davidson , Dundee , ^ should send'his letter- to the Paper in which the false report teas inserted ; that is , if the affair is worth his notice at all . We should treat it as it deserves—silently . A . S . W ., Cupab Angus . — We shall reserve his letter on Emigration .
Scotch News . —We receive generally every week three or four letters from Scotland after the Papers for the North are printed and in the Post-office . I Our Correspondents should send their letters \ to be here by Wednesday or Thursday morning . Some of them do not appear the week following on account of their age .
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If the Chartists of Burton-on-Trent and Church Greaaley will look out for a more suitable agent they will oblige .
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The spring assizes for the northern division of the county of Lancaster , commenced at Lancaster on Saturday last . On the evening of that day , Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe , Knight , one of the barons of her majesty ' s Court of Exchequer , arrived in Lancaster by railway train from London , whioh reached Lancaster about eight o ' clock . William Garnett , Esq ., of Lark Hill , Salford , the high sheriff , arrived with his cortege and retinue , by special train from Manchester , about four o ' clock ; and he proceeded to the railway station to receive the lord baron on his arrival . His lordship proceeded at once to the castle , and opened her majesty ' s commission in the Crown Court , adjourning the court to Monday
morntag at ten o ' clock . On Sunday morning , the learned judge , accompauied and attended by the high sheriff , the mayor , and several of the aldermen of Lancaster and other gentlemen , attended divine service at St . Mary ' s , the parish church . The sermon was preached by the Rev . Richard Parkinson , B . D . canon of Christ's Church , Manchester , the high sheriff ' s chaplain . The Rev . Gentleman took for his text , Matthew viii . 8 , " But be ye not called Rabbi ; for one is your master , evon Christ , and all ye are brethren . The preacher adverted to the inequalities in the outward condition and circumstances of men , as one of the consequences and results of the primeval curse , and the command , that man should
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow ; and remarked , that while many of the productions of the earth , fit for ! the food of man , grew spontaneously , corn , the chief article of man ' s food , demanded a large amount of human labour before it could be raised . He then dwelt on the present condition of the peopli , physioal , moral , and spiritual ; and attributed the present state of things in part to the lack ot ' epiritual education , and condemned secular education as of itself unproductive of any good , but rather of mischief . Her dwelt on the late riots , in connection with those views , and expressed his opinion that the remedy for the evil was to be found in church extension , aud wiih it the means of spiritual or religious itiscructioa for the people .
CROWN COURT , MONDAY . Mr . Baron Rolfe entered the Crown Court , this morning , about ( five minutes after ten o ' clock ; and , as soon as he had taken his seat upon the bench , the following gentlemen were then sworn of the Grand Jury , being what is termed a full jury , every one of the twenty-three summoned answering to their names : — ! John Wilson Patten , Esq ., Bank Hall , Warrington , Foreman . Thomas Batty Addison , Esq ., Preston . Lieut-Col . John Austen , Fisnwick . John Bentley , Esq ., Birch House .
Cornelius Bourne , Esq Stalmine Hall . Charles Brandt , Esq ., Golden Hall . Joseph Bushell , E :-q , Mverscougn Cottage . William Clayton , fc-bq , Lostock Halt . Thomas Bright Crocse , Esq ., Shaw Hill . William Ashton Crosse , Esq ., Red Soar . John Cuncliffo . Esq ., Myerscough House . Pudsey Dawson , £ sq ., Hornby Castle . James No well F&rington , Esq , Worden Hall . Henry Master Fielden , Esq ., Witton . Abraham Rawlineon Ford , Eeq , El lei Hall . Thomas Robert Wilson France , Esq ., Rawcljffe
Hall , i John Fowden Hindle , Esq .. Woodfold Park . Edmund George Hornby , Esq , Lancaster Park . Samuel Horrocks , Esq ., Lark Hill , Preston . Charles R ger Jackson , Barton Lodge . William Marshall , E q , Penwortham Lodge . Thomas Yates Parker Michaelson , Esq ., Barrow Isle I ; Robert Townley Parker , Esq ., Cuerden Hall . The Clerk of ; the Crown having read her Majesty ' s proclamation agaiast vice , proJaneness , and immorality , the Learned Judge proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury in the following terms : — :
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , I have perused the depositions , 1 believe in all the cases which will come before you , at least in all that I am aware of ; and I am flappy to say , that it does not appear to me at - present that there are any questions in them which may be likely to occasion any difficulty . From the unfortunate state of this part of the world , at least of the uouthtrn part of this county , and so me portions of the adjoining enes , I was somewhat apprehensive that some cases of that nature might have occurred , ' whioh would have led to observations from me ; but 1 am very happy to say , that , on looking through the oppositions , it does not appear that there is any case , arising out of the disturbances of last summer ; and though there are a Rood many
cases , yet , I believe there are not more than at former atjs : zda . " His Lordship said he had looked through the depobitious in i one case ; but he found , on inquiry of the officer , whit he had supposed would be the case , that tne bill id that case had been already found , — being a case of murder committed some years ago ; and therefore it would not come before the Grand Jury for inquiry . His Lordship then adverted to the indictment against a woman for ooncealing . the birth of her illegitimate child . Tflere was no aharge of murder , the child being s sill-born ; but the indictment was for a misdemeanour m concealing the birth , by secretl y burying the body or otherwise deposing of it . The doubt he had was , from finding that a number of persons were ! privy to the burial ; viz . the sister of
the party , the supposed father of the child himself , a neighbour , and the sexton ; but , if there was any representation of the body as being different from what it really was , so as to make it a secret disposal , with the view of concealing the birth , then the case would come within the purview of the statute . In another case , in an indiutment for burglary , there might be doubt whether the tacts would warrant the jury in finding the bill ; for it appeared doubtful , whether the place was a a ' welJing-house at all or not . It was not necessary to { constitute the offence , that the master himself should dwell there ; if any portion of his family or servants did , that was sufficient . Nor was it necessary that they should be actually sleeping in the house at the time , if they did usually live and sleep there . ! If it should prove that the place entered was detached from the dwelling-houee , then tha charge of burglary could not be sustained . He thought it was likely , however . that it would turn eut
to bo a part of the dwelling-house , and that this had been accidentally omitted in the depositions . His lordship ) also adverted to a case of alleged manslaughter , in which the deceased and another man had been fighting , in a state of intoxication ; and shortly ] afterwards the deceased was found killed , a cart having run over him . If this was caused by accident , it could not be called manslaughter ; but the question would be , whether the oart running over him and killing him was a necessary consequence of his antagonistPetriking him , and knocking him down . If the immediate cause of death was only post hoe and not prepter hoc , then it would be accidental ; but , ! under the circumstances , the coroner ' s jury had done quite right in returning a verdict of manslaughter , if any difficulty should present itself to the minds of the jury , he would thank them to mention it to him ; but , having looked through , the depositions , he found the other cases were of so ordi-
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nary a nature , that he felt he . should only be wasting the time of the jury and that of the public , by longer detaining the grand jury from their duties . The grand jury then retired to their room , and tha common jurors were called . Several claimed exemption ; one because he was not qualified by rental or property ; another , because above age ; and a third , because a member of the town council of a municipal borough . In all these eases the parties were exempted . The first case tried was a man named Edward
Darlington , aged 60 years , for stealing a qaantity ofhayatSkerton . near Lancaster . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to two months imprisonment to hard labour . John ATKoun O ' Neil , 40 , and John Braithwaite 16 , were indicted ( or having stolen , at Hornby , fifty six ewes and one ram , the property of Honry Morphet . The jury found both prisoners guilty , and the Learned Judge sentenced O'Neil to fifteen years transportation , and Braithwaite to three months ' imprisonment .
James Kay , 26 , and William Almond , 18 , were indicted for stealing from James Ardray , ou the highway near Blackburn , a quantity of bread aud cheese , and a book . The Jury found ' Kay guilty of an assault only , and acquitted Almond The Learned Judge said , as Kay had been confined some time ( nearly six months ) , he would take his own recognizance in £ 50 to keep the peace for three years . George Tumbull , 58 , pleaded guilty to an indictment for bigamy , and put in a statement , apparently in palliation , that his first wife had been unfaithful The Learned Judge said it was no palliation for an injury done to the second wife , that the first had ill-treated the prisoner ; and sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment to hard labour .
John Ingham , 29 , was indicted for a burglary in the house of Mr . William Colliuson , farmer , at Clayton-le-Dalo , near Blackburn , on the night of the 7 th October . It appeared that three men entered the , house and the bedroom of the prosecutor , all of them armed , the prisoner with a pistol in each hand and the other two with swords , and demanded his money . They stole £ 3 153 . and some other articles . It appeared tbat they had forced the front door open with a crow-bar . The prisoner threatened to blow out the brains of Catharine CoDinson ( the prosecator ' s daughter ) , if she did not get out of bed . The prisoner afterwards used the same threat to the
pro secutor , and said they were come for money , and money they would have . The prosecutor identified the prisoner as the man who ha A the pistols * he had a candle in his hand ; and witness had known him as residing in the neighbourhood , for a period of twenty years . The prisoner called witnesses to prove an alibi ; but they failed to do so , till just at the close of the trial a woman , who had lived with the prisoner as his wife , swore positively to his having been with her during the whole of the night ia question . The Jury , to the great surprise of almost every one present , acquitted the prisoner . Tie Court then rose .
TUESDAY , February 28 ia . The Court was occupied till after twelve o ' oloafc with a case , the details of which are unfit for publication . The next was a mint case of no interest . Another mint case followed . James Ainsworth . SO , and William TAompson . 21 , were indicted for a burglarious entering of the house of Thomas Lund , grocer , at Prettyfoot Bridge , in Wiltshire , near Blackburn , on the night of the 30 th of August last ; and also with assaulting Lund , with intent to murder him . The prosecutor , hearing a noise in his house , got up and struck alight , and found both prisoners in the room ; Ainsworth wearing a light , and Thompson a dark or black mask , and armed with pistols , which they snapped repeatedly at him , but which fortunately on every occasion missed fire . The prosecutor , with- great
courage and gallantry , seized both men ; and oae struck him with suoh force on the mouth as to loosen two teeth ; and they dragged him towards the window of another room , got loose , and escaped through it . The alarm was given ; several neighbours joined ia the pursuit ; the burglars were tracked to a neighbouring nursery-ground or plantation ; and when a sufficient force had assembled to surround the plantation , the prisoners were apprehended in it . The prosecutor , in the struggle , not only Wrested the pistols from both men , buthad torn theblack mask off Thompson ' s face ; a » . d when the prisoners were taken , Aiosworth was seen to remove some black cotton , whieh corresponded with that on the mask from the face of Thompson . One of the men had left a c&p behind him in the house , and Thompson was without cap when apprehended . . *
The prisoners , in defence , said they were oat poaching in the nursery . The Jury found them both Guilty , and the Learned Judge said that this was still a capital offenoe . Had there been anything like serious injury to the prosecutor , he should have left them for execution . Fortunately they had fallen in With one who hid resolution and nerve enough to resist them . Sentence of death would be recorded against them , and the remainder of their days would be passed in working as slaves in a foreign land . He should recommend commutation of their punishment into transportation for life . Joseph Abbott , alias Joseph Yorke , 33 , was indicted tor the wilful murder of Thomas Isherwood , at Blackburn , on the 20 ; h of December , 1839 , bj shooting him with a gun .
Dr . Brown stated the case for the prosecution On the night in question , the deceased and two other keepers , and an assistant , were watching game . They heard the firing of guns , and found four persons , who attacked them , and dared them to follow . Three of the poachers had dark jackets ; and the fourth—the prisoner—wore light clothes . Tne prisoner ' s hand did not fire the gun ; but , by the law . he was equally liable . The prisoner ' s gun went off , as the keeper believed , accidentally ; and , shortl y afterwards , another guu was fired , whioh caused the deceased's death . One material witness was one of the poachers , who was at first charged with the murder , whose evidence was to be taken with great caution .
The Lsarned Gentleman called Robert Suttoa , who at the time was game keeper to Mr . Hargreaves of Broad Oak , near Blaokburn , and was out on toe night in question , with Thomas and Henry Isherwood , keepers to . Wm . Henry Hornby , Esq ., o ^ Blackburn , and a third named Henry Eddlestoa , They were on the land of Henry Peters , Esq ., or Dunkenhalgh ; and about one o ' clock ou the morning of the 21 st December , 1839 , they heard four reports of a gun , or guns , and set off in the direction of tno reports . Two of the keepers , Thomas Isherwood and the witness , had guns ; and they met four men down
in a gap , and one of them knocked witness , before he perceived them . Three of the poachers presented the gun 3 at the other keepers and swore they would sheot them , if they did not stand baofc Three bad dark clothes , and ihe fourth badali / jK jacket on . After presenting their auns , they m * M away together / The keepers and witness agreed to follow them ; and the poachers , on finding themselves pursued , turned round and swore if the keepers did not go back , they would shoot them . Ttie man in the light coloured coat stood at witness ' s side , ana swore he would shoot him . The poachers went on then , and Henrv Eddleston ( who is since dead )
went away for more assistance . The keepers stui pursued the poachers across some meadows and a road ; and , as the poachers were getting over agaW i T . isherwood c / ic&crf ( 8 natohed ) aconeof their « nns . The poachers got over the gate , and the keepers followed them into a stubble field , on going up wn »? n some of the poaohers threw a stone , and aga ™ threatened to shoot the keepers if they did not go back . After going a few roods further , the P oacJj ^ turned round , and all four came close opM > w » keepers : one came to witness to strike him witnnw gun ; another to Henry Isherwood , and two w Thomas Isherwood . The man struck at witness with the butt eud of his gun , but witness broke tna blow with his gun . Witness noticed that it was tno man in the light coloured coat ; in the struggle nw gun went off , as appeared to witness accidental , and the shot lodeed in the around . Shortly _
afterwards , a gun went off , and Thomas Isherwood eneo out . Witness at this time had hold of the m «»« the light-coloured coat , and , on hearing the crv . no looked at Thomas Isherwood , who w » r ao ° " rj : yards off , and his coat was on fire . Two men were close to him at the time . Witness l eft loose oi uw poacher , and went up to Thomas Isherwood , *** the four poaohers all ran off . Isherwood saia , •» their hearing , " Oh , dear , youv ' e shot my arm on . The other keepers . took Isherwood home ,. andw expired in about an hour and a half , wej ""™ where he was shot was on the land of whien aw Hornby had the shooting over . . . „ , Adam Mercer , one of the poaohers , H ^ HIfJS : prisoner as one of the party , and c orroborate * u evidence of the first witness . The P " acher 3 / mfri fV » a tAoooanfcH . which Oflft of the POTty , D ^ Ti
Crossley , took with him . Tnis witness stated , tna * the prisoner Abbott being knocked f *^ f S out , " Lads , will you see me killed ! on waiw » Crossley fired his gun , and shot the deceased . Henry Isherwood , brother of the deceased , *» corroborated the testimony already adduced . It appeared from the statements of X * ** *^ after the party returned to Blackburn , t ^ fj ^ o ! Manchester , Preston , and other places , to Heap , " j the way of the police . Mercer , however , gave " »^ J up in the course « f the following week . A secomj taken into custody some time after . to « a « w ^ assizss , and acquitted . Crossley was traced to ^ fJJJS and is since dead . The prisoner A bbott was «• into custody at Blaokiura only a fe * weeM f Mr . Whigham addressed the Jary foi _ the de . eng contending that there wob no evidence to " »?!; r ^ j n « tann » ah&rnd indnv eommon purpose wiui y . -
sfisja ^ j&ctusss-v not be jointly liable . His Lordship having summed up , rat , irae 4 The Jury , after a few minatea' c oarotetion , rei <" a verdiot of Not Guilty ,
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- THE HOUSL" VOTING THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE THE NEW POOR LAW CONFORMABLE TO CHRISTIANITY ! Ma . Walter has moved his series of Resolutions , founded on tha SECRET document ; and M the House" has rejected them 1 He has proved that the object of the concooters and promoters of the New Poor Law was to starve ihe poor ; and he called upon * the House" to rescue the Poor from the hands of the starvers ; and " the House " jlefuskd 2
A copious Report of the Debate on the occasion will be found in our present sheet . We have given more particularly-the speeches of Mr . Walter and Mr . Ferkand , the mover and seconder of the rBSolutions . They will be read , with deep interest , containing , as they do , evidence most irrefragable , that the operation of the New Poor Law , is just what its authors intended it to be . The revealments made to " the House" by Mr . Furband , respecting the conduct of the "Guardians " in the Skipton Union , in consigning the poor inmates of ihe Skipton Workhouse ,
idiotB and all , to the " tender mercies" of Seed and Co ., at AddinKbum , for the purpose of reducing the wages of the regular " hands , " are eminently instructive ; and the indignant exposure of the practices of this same Seed and Co ., by the Factory Inspector , speaks volumes as to the ' humane and forbearing character of the " masters" to whom the Skipton " Guardians" consigned the helpless poor ! Bat it mattered not that these revealments were made ! It mattered not that evidence was given that the operation of the law was to deal out death on every hand . It mattered not that it was proved that the intentions of its authors were to starve the
poor ; it mattered not that these things were shewn : " the House" rejected the Resolutions , which , if passed , would have bound it to have reconstructed the Poor Law , and made it " conformable with Christiakitt and sacred policy" / "The House " voted that it wonld nov again open the question , and legislate in this spirit ! Never mind ! The law is doomed ! The blow has been struck ! The discovery and exposure of the Secret Recommendation to starve the poor have done
their work out of doors . The feelings of indignation and dii ^ ust they have excited will spirit-up the opposition within doors . Thty will bind themselves together in a firmer bond than ever . Should the Government determine on introducing and carrying the measure again in its present Btage , they will obstruct their progress I Last year by such means were the Government defeated : this year , they will be more likely to have it warm and hot ! Again we say , the law of death is doomed !
OUR " PROSPERITY" !] At the conclusion of the bloody and protracted war waged against the rising liberties of France , the red-hot loyalists , whose zsal for the overthrow of Napoleok was so furiously manifested , blazoned forth , in variegated lamps , the following boastful sentence— " ENGLAND HATH NOT YET SEEN THE SUMMIT OF HER GLORY . "
Whether the ** Life and Property men were desirous of carrying the sword throughout the whole world ; whether they wished to see every land incarnardined with the blood of the country ' s pride " , And rapine and plunder extend through all the earth , we know not . Being tken , as now , opposed to the prosecution of unjust wan , we entered not into the counsels of the Loyalists .
However , time and circumstances have shewn what we and a few others anticipated as the result of the war ; namely , NATIONAL KUIN . The Wh ; gs compelled Billy Pitt to inscribe ichabod upon Britannia ' s shield . " The fine gold has become dim "—nay , it has become no sold at all . '• The harp if hung upon the willows , " and the poor dejected " Mistress of the Main" sits weeping beneaiii the cypress shade .
Poverty has laid Bicge ag&ipst us . It goes on from conquering to conquer , and bids fair to overwhelm every grade of society , and sweep away every vestige of our once boasud greatness ; which , when accomplished , will give us a full view of the " summit" of our consummate wiekednees in carrying destruction and murder into the heart of nations who were minding their own business . The least powerful , with respect to the management of public affair 8 , have hitherto been the
greatest , if not the only sufferers . Now the middle classes cry peccavi I The shopkeepers of every description Csave a My Uncle ") experience a lack of custom ; aud the greatest possible difficulty , notwithstanding all their external display and incessant puffs , to make endB meet . Aye , and there is another shop—one in which business is carried on in the xcholesale line , —we mean the house of Peel and Co- There , General Want has commenced an attack ; and the assault has been too vigorous for the " invinciMesV to repeL We are glad of it . '
Oh Friday the 24 th ult ., Earl Muno u n » oved for returns respecting the present state of the navy . He required explanations as to why there had been less ship bnilding hist year than had been contemplated , and why a reduced vote was to be taken for the present year 1 He inquired » 1 eo the reasons of other reductions . " These queries appear to have frightened even the " Iron Duke . " * The Hero of a hundred fights" trembled lest the cat should jump out of the bag . He " doubted the propriety of
furni-hing the information "; and well he might . He knew full well how the matter stood and could not brook the idea of such humiliating facts beiug published to the world . However , maugre the advice of the " Hero of the Age " , out came the ugly truth from the mouth of Haddiagtojt , in the following form : — the reduced estimates for the present year had been adopted with grexl reluctance , bnt it was felt that , owing to the state of the finanoes , some reductions should be adopted . "
This declaration of ' poverty is thought by Wellikgtom to be pregnant with a mischievous" consequences to this country . True . It will be to the present managers of the establishment —] u&t the same as a pnb'ic declaration of insolvency . It i 3 a pretty specimen of our Greatslss ; and foreign powers w ill , no doubt chuckle at the truthful , though reluctant acknowledgment of Haddikgtom . Faction has long retained power by the
employment of brute force , fraud , and intrigue , but these weapons have , and ever will prove harmless—those who wield them must in the end relinquish the contest and stand unveiled before the world . This declaration of a want of the ** needful" at head quarters is one of the strongest possible proofs that can be given of the approaching downfall of despotism . The machine caDnot long be kept in motion . The THING must fall , and the people be made free .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct982/page/4/
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